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title: "2 Clearly Quotes By Jami Attenberg"
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> [It should be said upfront that I totally dig people who work in bookstores and libraries. They love books, and I love books, and that is all I really need to know. If they are friendly to me, then we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jami-attenberg/it-should-be-said-upfront-that-i-totally-dig-people-who-work-in/)

[Jami Attenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jami-attenberg/)

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> [There's something to be said for an author who clearly respects a reader.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jami-attenberg/there-s-something-to-be-said-for-an-author-who-clearly-respects-a/)

[Jami Attenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jami-attenberg/)

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## More by Jami Attenberg

> [I just think structure can make a book feel so much bigger. It's the architecture. You could use flimsy materials if you wanted to,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jami-attenberg/i-just-think-structure-can-make-a-book-feel-so-much-bigger-it-s-the/)

[Jami Attenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jami-attenberg/)

> [“And she was funny and beautiful and she liked the same books, the same music, and she wanted everything I did, was in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jami-attenberg/and-she-was-funny-and-beautiful-and-she-liked-the-same-books-the-same/)

[Jami Attenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jami-attenberg/)

> [Most of my writer friends are women, and they're all extremely talented, so of course I think the state of contemporary fiction for women…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jami-attenberg/most-of-my-writer-friends-are-women-and-they-re-all-extremely/)

[Jami Attenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jami-attenberg/)

> [I'm not really interested in writing or reading about people who are nice and easy. I like the problem children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jami-attenberg/i-m-not-really-interested-in-writing-or-reading-about-people-who-are/)

[Jami Attenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jami-attenberg/)

> [“mostly I have found myself resisting their sadness when I have so much of my own.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jami-attenberg/mostly-i-have-found-myself-resisting-their-sadness-when-i-have-so/)

[Jami Attenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jami-attenberg/)

> [You write a book, and after 50 pages you think it's about one thing, and then you write another hundred and you realize it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jami-attenberg/you-write-a-book-and-after-50-pages-you-think-it-s-about-one-thing/)

[Jami Attenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jami-attenberg/)

> [Do you often find yourself uttering the phrase, 'I feel like I should go?' You do not need to go. You are busy that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jami-attenberg/do-you-often-find-yourself-uttering-the-phrase-i-feel-like-i-should/)

[Jami Attenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jami-attenberg/)

> [We've all got flesh. I've just got a little more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jami-attenberg/we-ve-all-got-flesh-i-ve-just-got-a-little-more/)

[Jami Attenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jami-attenberg/)

> [In the wintertime I like macaroni and cheese.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jami-attenberg/in-the-wintertime-i-like-macaroni-and-cheese/)

[Jami Attenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jami-attenberg/)

> [“We listen to NPR for the first two hours on the road, the strange comfort of bad news reported in reasonable tones,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jami-attenberg/we-listen-to-npr-for-the-first-two-hours-on-the-road-the-strange/)

[Jami Attenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jami-attenberg/)

> [I am not one of those people who string their exes along. Instead, I run and hide: under the covers, behind my computer screen,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jami-attenberg/i-am-not-one-of-those-people-who-string-their-exes-along-instead-i/)

[Jami Attenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jami-attenberg/)

> [When I was growing up in Chicago, my family and I used to go to a local chain, Hackney's, for burgers and their French…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jami-attenberg/when-i-was-growing-up-in-chicago-my-family-and-i-used-to-go-to-a/)

[Jami Attenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jami-attenberg/)

> [I remember being banned from other houses as a younger child during the winter holiday season; I was the only one who didn't believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jami-attenberg/i-remember-being-banned-from-other-houses-as-a-younger-child-during/)

[Jami Attenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jami-attenberg/)

> [Sometimes, things are just exercises.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jami-attenberg/sometimes-things-are-just-exercises/)

[Jami Attenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jami-attenberg/)

> [I've just always written, and always considered myself a writer. I wrote my first story when I was five. There was nothing else I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jami-attenberg/i-ve-just-always-written-and-always-considered-myself-a-writer-i/)

[Jami Attenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jami-attenberg/)

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